FURIOUS Mark Hughes last night blasted his opposite number Lothar Matthaus as a spitting and punching row erupted to overshadow the Welsh win against Hungary in Budapest.

Wales ground out an outstanding 2-1 victory in the Ferenc Puskas Stadium but the game was marred by a mass brawl at the final whistle.

And Hughes later accused Hungary of acting out some of the "most distasteful elements of the game".

And he fired a stinging broadside at former German World Cup winner Matthaus for racing onto the pitch to confront Robbie Savage, a mel e that only ended when the midfielder was escorted from the pitch.

"I think Lothar Matthaus was trying to deflect attention away from the fact that his team had lost," rapped a clearly seething Hughes.

And Hughes was incensed at what he dubbed the "continual provocation" directed at his players from the Hungarians.

"They were being spat on throughout the game," stormed Hughes. "Some of the things the lads told me were going on had no place on the football pitch, they were some of the most distasteful elements of the game.

"I didn't see any of my players throwing punches and I don't know if Lothar saw any of his, but we are all professional people and it shouldn't happen."